Background I founded BrassMusician on the 1st of May, 2010 as a simple blog project with the intention of providing a service “for brass players, by brass players”. Within a few short months I was [...]

By Bill Muter Bill Muter, tuba player for the international touring production of “Blast!” has just released the first edition of his brass pedagogy book entitled “A Practical Approach.” To celebrate his release, Muter will [...]

Source: theweeklyconstitutional.com A strange ominous Trumpet like sound has been heard all over the world. A trumpet sound (best described as the trumpet noise Christopher Nolan seemed to be in love with in Inception) has [...]

Derek Watkins has an international reputation as one of the best all-round trumpet players. He has played for Johnny Dankworth, Maynard Ferguson, Benny Goodman, Ted Heath and Frank Sinatra and the James Last Orchestra. He [...]

By David Allenby The Armenian-born composer Alexander Arutiunian died on 28 March aged 91 at his home in Yerevan. One of the major figures writing during the Soviet era, his Trumpet Concerto has remained one [...]

According to an article published in the Guardian on February 16, 2012, an American scientist believes that the standing stones of Stonehenge are placed so as to reproduce an auditory interference pattern. This type of [...]

BrassMusician.com has just been informed of the death of trumpet virtuoso Maurice André. Maurice André was born in Ales in France in 1933 and went on to become one of the 20th century’s biggest names [...]

Published in September 2011, the first solo recording of Marco Pierobon, member of the Gomalan Brass quintet (www.gomalanbrass.com – Italy) and former Principal Trumpet with two of the two top Italian Symphony Orchestras (Maggio Musicale [...]

GARON by Yuval Avital Contemporary music for 40+ tubas, 6 percussion, choir, 3 conductors and live electronics. Premiere 26/01/2012 – closing concert of Anish Kapoor’s site specific installation in Milan, Italy, titled “Dirty Corner”. Dirty [...]

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2012 and the new year with BrassMusician! We’re looking forward to another amazing year of growth, serving brass players like you all around the world. With any new year comes [...]